Washington Center
Duluth, MN 55806 United States 218-730-4314 duluthmn.gov/parks/parks-listing/washington-center
Jun 2021
Madweyaashkaa: Waves Can be Heard
The Duluth Public Arts Commission presents this animation art showing by Duluth-based artist Moira Villiard. The animation will be shown outside the Washington Center from June 17–19, 9 to 11 p.m. Villiard is a self-taught visual artist and Fond du Lac Band of Ojibwe direct descendent. She celebrates the resilience of Indigenous women with this animation project synced with a soundscape featuring music by Lyz Jaakola (Fond du Lac Band of Ojibwe) and a recorded narrative by Dakota/Ojibway First Nation…
Find out more »May 2022
Mino Bimaadizi Community Science and Medicine Fair
The inaugural Mino Bimaadizi Community Science and Medicine Fair features speakers, interactive science and medicine exhibitions, and performances by the Ikidowin Acting Ensemble and Ojibwe puppeteer Michael Lyons. A community feast will be held at noon.
Find out more »Sep 2022
Building Community Compassion
The First Ladies of the Hillside, a grassroots group of women in Duluth's Central Hillside, are hosting an annual event to build community. This child-friendly event is open to all with music and food. At the event, participants will learn about First Ladies' community initiatives. Attendees can participate in a silent auction to contribute to the Compassion Fund aimed at helping women and children in Duluth's Central Hillside. Auction items range from paintings, fiber art, linocut art and jewelry to…
Find out more »Jan 2023
MLK Gathering and March 2023
The Martin Luther King Jr. march will start with a gathering in the Washington Center gym. The Family Freedom Center will have activities for marchers who will leave for the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center at about 11 a.m. Claudie Washington, a past president of the Duluth Branch of the NAACP, will serve as march leader. Mike and Jen's Cocoa and the Duluth Coffee Company are providing warm beverages for marchers. The march will proceed southbound on Lake Avenue to Superior…
Find out more »Jan 2024
MLK March 2024
Duluth's annual MLK March begins at the Family Freedom Center (Washington Center Gymnasium) and progresses to the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center's Symphony Hall. The march begins at 10:30 a.m. and arrives at Symphony Hall in advance of the MLK Rally at noon.
Find out more »Apr 2024
Ethel Ray Nance Commemoration Days: Coffee and Conversation with Karen F. Nance
Author Karen F. Nance returns to Duluth as part of a week-long commemoration celebration for her noted ancestor and former Duluthian Ethel Rae Nance. The author of Ethel Ray: Living in the White, Gray and Black is available to share coffee and conversation at this event in the Family Freedom Center at Washington Center. Thirteen members of the Ethel Ray Nance family are expected to be in Duluth from April 9-14 during the Ethel Ray Nance Commemoration and Celebration. About…
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